World Team Chess Championship
The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads are the most important international tournaments for teams.
The strongest national teams in the world participate, and also some teams represent an entire continent. A full round is played by the teams, meaning that each team plays against every other team. At the first tournament, in 1985, teams consisted of six players; since then, teams have been reduced to four players. Reserve players are permitted.
From 1985, the championship was held every four years; since 2011, it has been held every two years. Since 2007, there has been a separate championship for women teams, which is also held every two years.
Since 2007, the final scores depend on the team results; before 2007, the individual scores determined the final ranking.
Summary of results
All data from OlimpBase World Team Chess Championship.
Open section team medals
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Women's team medals
The next edition is played in Poland in September of 2023.[2]
| Year | Location |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2007 |  YekaterinburgDetails |
 ChinaHou Yifan Zhao Xue Shen Yang Ruan Lufei Huang Qian |
Russia Tatiana Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Korbut Elena Tairova |
 UkraineKateryna Lahno Anna Ushenina Inna Gaponenko Tatjana Vasilevich Oksana Vozovic |
| 2009 | Ningbo Details |
China Hou Yifan Zhao Xue Shen Yang Ju Wenjun Huang Qian |
Russia Tatiana Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Marina Romanko Valentina Gunina |
Ukraine Anna Ushenina Natalia Zhukova Inna Yanovska Mariya Muzychuk Natalia Zdebskaya |
| 2011 |  MardinDetails |
China Hou Yifan Ju Wenjun Zhao Xue Tan Zhongyi Zhang Xiaowen |
Russia Nadezhda Kosintseva Tatiana Kosintseva Alexandra Kosteniuk Valentina Gunina Natalia Pogonina |
 GeorgiaNana Dzagnidze Lela Javakhishvili Bela Khotenashvili Nino Khurtsidze Salome Melia |
| 2013 |  AstanaDetails |
Ukraine Kateryna Lahno Anna Ushenina Mariya Muzychuk Natalia Zhukova Inna Gaponenko |
China Ju Wenjun Huang Qian Tan Zhongyi Guo Qi Shen Yang |
Russia Valentina Gunina Alexandra Kosteniuk Natalia Pogonina Alisa Galliamova Olga Girya |
| 2015 | Chengdu Details |
Georgia Bela Khotenashvili Lela Javakhishvili Meri Arabidze Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia |
Russia Valentina Gunina Alexandra Kosteniuk Natalija Pogonina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya |
China Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Shen Yang Lei Tingjie Ding Yixin |
| 2017 | Khanty-Mansiysk Details |
Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk Kateryna Lagno Valentina Gunina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya |
China Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Zhao Xue Lei Tingjie Guo Qi |
Georgia Nana Dzagnidze Lela Javakhishvili Bela Khotenashvili Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia |
| 2019 | Astana Details |
China Tan Zhongyi Shen Yang Huang Qian Lei Tingjie Ding Yixin |
Russia Kateryna Lagno Alexandra Kosteniuk Valentina Gunina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya |
Georgia Bela Khotenashvili Meri Arabidze Lela Javakhishvili Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia |
| 2021 |  SitgesDetails |
Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina Alexandra Kosteniuk Kateryna Lagno Polina Shuvalova Alina Kashlinskaya |
 IndiaHarika Dronavalli Vaishali Rameshbabu Tania Sachdev Bhakti Kulkarni Mary Ann Gomes |
Georgia Nana Dzagnidze Nino Batsiashvili Meri Arabidze Lela Javakhishvili Salome Melia |
| 2023 |  BydgoszczDetails |
Georgia Bella Khotenashvili Meri Arabidze Nino Batsiashvili Lela Javakhishvili Salome Melia |
Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva Meruert Kamalidenova Xeniya Balabayeva Alua Nurmanova Assel Serikbay Amina Kairbekova |
 FranceDeimante Daulyte Cornette Anastasia Savina Sophie Milliet Mitra Hejazipour Natacha Benmesbah Silvia Alexieva |
Total team ranking
Open section total ranking
The table contains the men's teams ranked by the medals won at the World Team Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | .png.webp){kind=small} United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Armenia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 |  England | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
See also
- Chess Olympiad
- European Team Chess Championship
- Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World
- Women's Chess Olympiad
- European Chess Club Cup
- World Chess Championship
- World Mind Sports Games
- Mind Sports Organisation
- Correspondence Chess Olympiad
